Jesus placed many demands on his disciples. Chief among them was to heal the sick. He spoke of the harvest being plenteous and the laborers few (see Matt. 9:37, 38), suggesting that for modern disciples—you and me—his charge hasn’t changed. It’s our mission to heal, too.
As much as we may desire to do as Jesus instructed, this mission can sometimes appear difficult or impossible. We might set out with all the determination in the world to be effective healers, only to realize that it’s perhaps not as easy as we thought. We can grow disappointed that healings don’t come as readily as we hoped. We may even find ourselves concluding that what seemed natural for Jesus really isn’t so achievable for us. Or maybe we believe that some people have a talent for healing, but we just aren’t blessed with this supposedly “special” ability.
A thousand arguments may come to mind to convince us that we can’t heal as Jesus did. If we don’t recognize how these subtle arguments work in our thinking, we may well wind up arguing against healing more than we argue for it.
